Retraction Watch, launched in 2010 in an effort to increase the transparency of the retraction process among scholarly publication, and PRE (Peer Review Evaluation), which was formed to support publishers in promoting trust and transparency related to peer review, will work together to share information related to article retractions.
Services by both Retraction Watch and PRE are efforts to assist the scholarly community by promoting best practices in journal publishing. With over 28,000 journals published in 2013, it is increasingly difficult for users to make determinations around quality. The guidelines and services offered by both organisations will support those journals and editors who work hard to provide the best material to their audience.
Retraction Watch will be releasing their guidelines related to journal retraction policies in the coming months. PRE-val, PRE's flagship product will include links from their service to the new Retraction Watch guidelines.
When a user clicks the PRE-val badge, a report is opened which contains information related to the journal practices and the peer review process conducted on the article. Retraction policies are included along with journal plagiarism screening, use of ORCID, membership in COPE, and other best practices engaged in by quality journals.
PRE and Retraction Watch have also agreed to work together on additional initiatives that will serve to educate and assist the scholarly publishing community at large.
